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The Methods of Torture by SLORC sol
Subject: The Methods of Torture by SLORC soldiers in Burma.
Twenty-one Methods of Torture in Burma (1995).
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by Burma Army Dictatorship, SLORC (State Law and Order Restoration Council).
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1. HIV-positive Burmese soldiers told they are going to die either
from a bullet or from AIDS. They are told to rape as many ethnic
minorty (Karen) women as possible in order to infect them.
2. Rape women, insert beer bottle in vagina, smash bottle with rifle
butt.
3. Cutt off penis, put it in victim's mouth.
4. Tie string very tightly around testicle, pull testicle off.
5. Cut open abdomen, pull out intestines.
6. Thrust victim's head in sack of stinging chilli peppers, tied
sack securely around neck, leave victim in boiling hot sun.
7. Victim's placed in barrel which is filled with water; victim drowns.
8. Victim's face covered with cloth; water poured on cloth until
victim dies.
9. Boiling water poured down a funnel placed in victim's mouth.
10. Women burned by boiling water; their scalded bodies are immersed
in a stinging mixture of lime, chilli peppers and salt.
11. Women holding their babies are forced to stand in mud under hot
sun for days.
12. Victim forced into barrel of water up to neck for five days and
forced to drink water he has fouled during this time.
13. Insert rifle shell cases between victim's fingers and squeeze hand.
14. Pull out teeth, pull out fingernails.
15. Rub victim's shin with stick until skin come off.
16. Hoisted upside down with feet tied, victim is beaten.
17. Hands tied in front, bar inserted across victim's back through
crook of elbows, victim is hung up.
18. Cell designed for four is jammed with 20 prisoners; to terrify
them, a leprosy patient is thrust into the same cell in the prisons
in Burma.
19. Crowed cell contains a half barrel for feces and three jars for
urine; all prisoners in cell are punished if urine is mixed with
feces in the prisons in Burma.
2o. Villagers are forced to lie down surrounding Burmese bunker while
their elders and clergy are tied on top of the bunker.
21. Villagers are forced to stand up as Burmese soldiers lie down
behing them and shoot from between the legs of the human shield.
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